Wool Violet Color

#5e5587

Wool Violet is calm, cool-toned shade of mid blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid yellow, green cyan or mid red

Inverse Color #a1aa78
Complementary Color #7d8755
Color Shade: mid blue (250.8° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 43.14% (better contrasting with white)
Wool Violet Color Sample
Wool Violet Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5e5587

If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Wool Violet Color. The Thirsty Thursday color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Bureaucracy (#746c8f) for more calm effect. Try Purple Spire as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7d8755 is the best complementary color to Wool Violet. Mid yellow shades generally complement the mid blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5e5587 complementary color is Avocado, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of blue cyan, mid blue, and violet colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Butterfly Bush are #556487 and #775587. Thus found on the left and right of #5e5587 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blue Bayoux and Trendy Pink colors as they work well with Wool Violet.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Wool Violet palette consists of #648755 and #877755 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7d8755). Try Glade Green and Shadow colors in combination with #5e5587, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #5e5587 offers a combination of mid green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Wool Violet. Thus Spring Leaves and Au Chico giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Wool Violet contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Avocado, Au Chico, and Como split by 90° on the color wheel. #5e5587 square combo is a palette of mid blue, red magenta, mid yellow and green cyan shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Wool Violet tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#7d8755) and two others. The Au Chico is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Smalt Blue – 120° from the complementary Avocado. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #875e55 and #557d87.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5e5587 is made of 30% red, 27% green and 43% blue. In a HSL mode Wool Violet has a hue angle of 250.8°, a saturation of 22.73% and a lightness of 43.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5e5587 is made of 16.08% cyan, 19.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.06% black ink.

HEX #5e5587
RGB Decimal rgb(94,85,135)
RGB Percentage 30%, 27%, 43%
CMYK 16.08, 19.61, 0, 47.06
HSL hsl(250.8,22.73%,43.14%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(250.8,37.04%,52.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.9432,15.6545,-26.6307)
XYZ xyz(12.2378,10.626,24.3277)
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